{"product_id":"murdered-father-dead-father-rosine-jozef-perelberg-9781138841833","title":"Murdered Father, Dead Father: Revisiting the Oedipus Complex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMurdered Father, Dead Father: Revisiting the Oedipus Complex\u003c\/em\u003e examines the progressive construction of the notion of paternal function and its central relevance in psychoanalysis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinction between the \u003ci\u003emurdered (narcissistic) father \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003edead father\u003c\/i\u003e is seen as providing a paradigm for the understanding of different types of psychopathologies, as well as works of literature, anthropology and historical events. New concepts are introduced, such as \"\u003ci\u003ea father is being beaten\u003c\/i\u003e\", and a distinction between the \u003ci\u003edescriptive après coup\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003edynamic après coup\u003c\/i\u003e that provides a model for a psychoanalytic understanding of temporality. The book includes a reflection on how the concepts of the \u003ci\u003edeath instinct\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003enegative\u003c\/i\u003e, in their connection with that which is at the limits of representability, are an aid to an understanding of Auschwitz, a moment of rupture in European culture that the author characterizes as \" the murder of the dead father\". \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerelberg's book is an important clinical and intellectual marker, and will be required reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as students in all these disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosine Jozef Perelberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138841838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138841833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Rosine Jozef Perelberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48622051590399,"sku":"9781138841833","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murdered-father-dead-father-rosine-jozef-perelberg-9781138841833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}